# Muse Part 3 Oil Pastel Newbie

**URL:** <https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/muse-part-3-oil-pastel-newbie/2860>\
**Category:** Share Your Art\
**Created:** [March 15, 2023, 6:52pm UTC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/muse-part-3-oil-pastel-newbie/2860 "2023-03-15T18:52:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![Dotsie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/6de8d8/32.png) [@Dotsie](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/u/Dotsie)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2023, 6:52pm UTC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/muse-part-3-oil-pastel-newbie/2860/1 "2023-03-15T18:52:46Z")

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Thanks to great input from this community I have tweaked my tribute to my muse . The fixative dulled a lot of nuance so I went back to add more contrast, highlights and color.

After and before.

 ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/thevirtualinstructor/original/2X/7/7301efc434954b97678870fc0ec7f8b0cc170ac4.jpeg)  
 ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/thevirtualinstructor/original/2X/1/169fdc2fa366d6abe59ea70836e81b9af5dc28c3.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![matriarchJane39](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bc79bd/32.png) [@matriarchJane39](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/u/matriarchJane39)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2023, 11:29pm UTC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/muse-part-3-oil-pastel-newbie/2860/2 "2023-03-15T23:29:22Z")

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When I do oil pastels, I mostly do landscapes. Most of the makers of the higher end oil pastels recommend you wait up to 6 months before using fixative. That would probably take care of the problem. Actually I find that they get pretty hard after a couple of months. I have several that are 15-20 years old and not fixed and they are quite hard.